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Joe Breeze (born 1953) is a bicycle framebuilder, designer and advocate from Marin County, California. An early participant in the sport of mountain biking, Breeze, along with other pioneers including Gary Fisher, Charlie Kelly, and Tom Ritchey, is known for his central role in developing the mountain bike. Breeze is credited with designing and building the first all-new mountain bikes, which were called Breezers.〔League of American Wheelmen, ( “Change Agents for Cycling” ) ''American Bicyclist,'' Fall 2005, pp. 10-19. (p. 15 "Joe Breeze," by Tim Blumenthal.) Retrieved 1 March 2013〕 〔“10 Men Who Changed the Sport,” ''Mountain Bike Action,'' December 1991, pp. 99-104〕 〔Koeppel, Dan. “Joe Breeze Wants to Change the World. Again.” ''Bicycling,'' Vol. 44 Issue 8, September 2003, pp. 32-40.〕 He built the prototype, known as Breezer #1, in 1977 and completed nine more Series I Breezers by early 1978.〔Frank J. Berto, ''The Birth of Dirt: Origins of Mountain Biking.'' San Francisco: Van der Plas Publications, 1999. Pp 43-45. ISBN 1-892495-10-4.〕 〔(“Joe Breeze /Inducted 1988" ) Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 March 2013.〕 Breezer #1 is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.〔(“Breezer 1” ) Smithsonian Institution. Collections Search Center, ID # 2012.0066.01. Retrieved 1 March 2013.〕 Breeze, a road bike racer through the 1970s, was among the fastest downhill racers at Repack, mountain biking’s seminal race held west of Fairfax, California. He won 10 of the 24 Repack races, which took place between 1976 and 1984.〔Frank J. Berto, ''The Birth of Dirt: Origins of Mountain Biking.'' San Francisco: Van der Plas Publications, 1999. Page 41. ISBN 1-892495-10-4.〕 Breeze is a charter member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame; he was inducted in 1988.〔(“Joe Breeze /Inducted 1988” ) Mountain Bike Hall of Fame (c.2001-2013)〕 Breeze developed mountain bike and road-racing bike designs through the 1980s and most of the 1990s, then focused his efforts on advocacy for bicycle transportation.〔David Hoffman, (“Out of the Woods and Back Into Town” ) ''Urban Velo'' Issue 9, September 2008 (pp. 70-74). 〕 In the early 2000s he devoted his Breezer brand entirely to transportation, introducing in 2002 a line of bikes for everyday use, equipping them for local trips, errands in town and commuting.〔John Markoff, (“Big Hopes for Commuting by Bike” ) ''New York Times,'' October 10, 2002.〕 In 2008, Breeze sold the Breezer brand to Advanced Sports International (ASI) of Philadelphia, PA,〔(“Breezer: First Name in Mountain Bikes Sold” ) ''Mountain Bike Action,'' October, 2008 (10/1/2008)〕 and since then has worked for the company as Breezer frame designer, designing transportation bikes, road bikes and mountain bikes under the Breezer name.〔(“An Interview with Joe Breeze” ) EcoVelo, August 20, 2010.〕 == Background == Breeze grew up in Mill Valley, California, at the foot of Mount Tamalpais, just north of San Francisco. He graduated from Tamalpais High School, which at the time had extensive technical training facilities.〔“Tamalpais High School, Notable alumni and students." Wikipedia.〕 He studied architectural and engineering drafting there for four years. His father, Bill Breeze, was a machinist and owner of the Sports Car Center in Sausalito, California.〔(“San Francisco Region Hall of Fame 2010.” ) San Francisco Region Sports Car Club of America. (31 July 2012.)〕 〔(“Joe Breeze’s Photos & Memories,” ) Tam’s Old Race Car Site. Retrieved 1 March 2013.〕 An avid cyclist at a time when cycling was not a common activity for adults in the US, Bill Breeze sometimes commuted to work by bicycle, and he shared with his son an appreciation for efficient, lightweight vehicles and for the bicycle as king of such vehicles. The two often discussed the properties of metals and technical aspects of bicycle design.〔Matt Weibe, “Joe Breeze Celebrating 20 Years of Innovations,” ''Bicycle Retailer and Industry News,'' Volume 5, No 15 (September 1, 1996), page 82.〕 In 1974 Joe Breeze took a course in the art of bicycle framebuilding from Albert Eisentraut〔(“Albert Eisentraut” ) Classic Rendezvous.com. July 3, 2012.〕 in Oakland, California, and began to build his own custom-tailored road racing frames, using his father’s machine shop at their home in Mill Valley. He also studied Machine and Metals Technology at College of Marin from 1974 to 1976.〔(“Joe Breeze /Inducted 1988” ) Mountain Bike Hall of Fame (c.2001-2013)〕 Breeze had taken up cycling seriously as a teenager in the late 1960s, sometimes going on rides of a few hundred miles. He so enjoyed cycling and saw such value in the bicycle as a vehicle, he wanted to spread the word. In 1970 he took up road-bike racing, figuring that publicity about races could show people how fast and far a bicycle could go. Breeze also studied bicycle history and while traveling for races he searched for early bicycles. He hoped to promote cycling by restoring and displaying examples from the 1890s, the high point of bicycle technology.〔(“Joe Breeze /Inducted 1988” ) Mountain Bike Hall of Fame (c.2001-2013)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Breeze」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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